Bonding
Maka's POV
We were on the road once again and soon I was getting along with everyone. Well almost everyone . . . I still didn't know too much about Soul, but he seems like the distant type. Suddenly I saw Patti holding my guitar and handing it to me.
"Play a song for us!" Patti exclaimed and now all eyes were on me.
"Ah . . . no way . . . I mean . . . It's a little embarrassing especially that your all watching me . . ." I replied.
"What are you talking about? You sang to us yesterday." Tsubaki pointed out.
"Yeah, but now you're all up close and I can see you all staring at me." I replied.
"You're gonna have to sing in front of is eventually, so you mist as well start practicing." Soul said to my surprise.
Liz, Patti, and even Tsubaki gave a pleading look to me, to play a song. I sighed and gave in and sat down on the couch. I watched as Liz, Patti, and Tsubaki sat on the ground while the boys were on the other side of the couch watching me.
"What song do you want me to play?" I asked.
"Whatever you want," Black Star said and I thought for a minute, but then thought of the perfect song.
"Ok . . . This song is called Extra Ordinary by Lucy Hale." I replied and began to play.
"I'm imprisoned, I'm living a lie. Another night of putting on a disguise. I wanna tear it off and step in the light, Don't you, don't you?"
I looked up to my friends and gave a small smile before looking back at my guitar. "So now I'm knocking at your front door. And I'm looking for the right cure. I'm still a little bit unsure, 'Cause I know, Yeah I know. That most people see me as ordinary. But if you look close you'll find I'm very interesting and hard to know. You can never tell where this might go. 'Cause I'm not your average, average person. I don't know much, but I know for certain. That I'm just a little bit extra, extra. I'm just a little bit extra ordinary."
I looked back at my friends who were now staring at me in amazement, while Soul had a look of seriousness in his eyes.
"I can see it from the spark in your eyes. You believe in all the things you deny. You wanna fly and leave your worries behind, Don't you, don't you?"
I noticed Soul was still staring directly at me, which made me blush a little. "Well now I'm knocking at your front door. And I'm looking for the right cure. I'm still a little bit unsure, 'Cause I know, yeah I know. That most people see me as ordinary. But if you look close you'll find I'm very, interesting and hard to know. You can never tell where this might go. 'Cause I'm not your average, average person. I don't know much, but I know for certain. That I'm just a little bit extra, extra. I'm just a little bit extra ordinary."
Once the song ended everyone clapped, but Soul. I smiled to everyone thanking them and then Soul spoke up.
"If you keep seeing songs like that, it won't help us reach number one. You need to sing a variety of different genres." Soul said.
"Right . . . Yeah I'm sorry I'll work on it . . ." I replied and he nodded and left and I sighed.
"Don't beat yourself to down Maka . . . It's his way have treating you nice . . . He's really just giving you advice that's all." Kid replied and I smiled.
"Does Soul always act like this around new people?" I questioned and they all just stared at each other not answering my question.
"Did something happen to Soul?" I questioned and then Liz sighed.
"It was a long time ago . . ." Liz said.
"Liz!" Black Star exclaimed.
"She's gonna find out eventually!" Liz replied.
"Anyways . . . have you ever heard of the band named Midnight Rush?" Liz said and I frozed.
My eyes went wide open into surprise and memories began to flow through my head again. Suddenly I snapped out of it, when I heard Patti calling my name.
"Sorry . . . Yeah I heard of them . . . What about them?" I questioned feeling uneasy.
"The lead girl vocalist named Claire used to be in our band. In fact she was Soul's girlfriend for a while, until she dumbed him and left us for Midnight Rush. She stole some of Soul's music and apparently she had been cheating on him, with the lead male vocalist named Seth from Midnight Rush." Liz explained and I shuttered when she said his name.
Suddenly I stood up surprising everyone. I was in a state of shock right now and needed to get some air.
"Sorry, I'm not feeling to good . . . car sick or something . . . I think I'm going to go and rest . . ." I replied leaving as fast as I could to my room.
Soul's POV
I heard every word they said, thinking I wasn't listening. Damn it! I started to remember the memories I had with Claire and how she broke my heart into a million of pieces. I slammed my fist to the wall thinking how foolish I was. I looked on my bed and saw all the music sheets laying there. It was of all the songs we ever sang. I was actually planning on letting Maka barrow it, so that she could practice, now that she's part of our band. I sighed and forgot about my anger and collected the music sheet and headed to Maka's room.
I knocked on the door lightly and then there was no answer. I knocked again louder and there was still no answer.
"Hey Tiny Tits . . . it's me open up!" I called through the door and there was no answer.
I decided to let myself in and when I did, I saw a crying girl on her bed listening to her iPod. Her eyes widen open as she quickly wiped away her tears and put on a fake smile.
"Sorry the music . . . kind of got to me . . ." She said and then stood up to face me.
I looked into her eyes and noticed there was sadness in her eyes. I didn't quite understand why, but I could tell she was hurting. I don't know why I really care about her, but . . . Like Kid said, I should try to be a little nicer to her.
"Is everything alright Tiny Tits?" I asked and she glared at me.
"The name's Maka! I would appreciate it if you called me by my name instead of Tiny Tits!" She exclaimed and I put my hands up.
"Alright sorry . . . Maka . . ."
"That's better . . . so what did you come here for?"
I looked at the stack of papers in my hands and then back at her. I handed them to her and she looked a little confused.
"Those are the songs this band has ever played, so it would be good for you to memorize them. Tonight . . . I'll help you . . . but when everyone is asleep . . . There's some place I want to show you . . ." I replied and she looked at me half confused and half shocked and with that I was about to leave, until she said something.
"Thank you! Soul . . ." She exclaimed and I grinned to myself before leaving.
Maka's POV
It was about 11 o'clock when everyone went to bed, except Soul and I. I grabbed all the music sheets he gave to me and softly knocked on his door. He opened the door and gave a grin as I entered his room. This was the first time I've been in his room.
"What? Never seen a guy's room before?" Soul questioned.
"No!" I shouted and realized what I said as a grin appeared on his face.
"Oh . . . I see . . . So you have been a guy's room before?" Soul grinned and I quickly changed the subject.
"So what did you want to show me?"
He went over to where his bed was and stood on it. He began to pull a string on the wall, which opened the wall and revealed a ladder.
"Ladies first," Soul gestured to me.
I slowly got on his bed next to him as he motioned me to go up. I slowly took hold of the ladder and climbed up slowly. Once I could see what was up above, my eyes widen to surprise. A smile crept on my face as I stared at another lounging area, but more clean and spacious.
"Take your time . . . I've got a nice view from down here!" Soul exclaimed.
It took me a minute to realize what he said, but once figured it out I turned red. I was wearing a skirt and so I quickly climbed to the top. Soul climbed up after and started to laugh.
"You're such a prev!" I shouted, but he continued to laugh.
"Anyways, this place is only known to Stein, me and you now. Over there is another set of stairs that goes to your room, so you can come here whenever you want. Don't go telling anyone about this place though! I showed you this place, because I figured you'd want a quiet place so you could concentrate on the songs we have to perform and . . . well . . . you seemed . . . a little down today . . . so I thought maybe . . . I'd show you place, so you won't feel . . . so down I guess." Soul said scratching his head.
I was actually surprised he was a little concern for me. I mean I can't believe he showed me this place that only he and Stein know about. I had to admit . . . maybe Soul wasn't such a jerk after all . . .
"Hey can I ask you something?" Soul asked.
"Sure . . ." I replied.
"How come when you found out who we were, you didn't freak out, or tell anyone?"
"Look . . . I personally love this band, but I'm more in it for the music you guys sing, not so much for the people . . . I guess it come out a little wrong, but what I'm saying is that I treated you guys like normal human beings . . . I'm not some crazy fan girl like most girls when their around you guys . . ."
Suddenly he started to burst out laughing and I was a little shocked. I had never really seen this side of him before . . . it was the first time I actually saw him look . . . happy. He stopped laughing and turned to me with a real smile.
"You're an odd one . . . you know that . . . I guess that's what makes you, you though . . ." He spoke.
"Anyways let's start practicing . . . we've got our first concert in about three days, so you need to be prepared . . . You're part of the Soul Eater band now . . ." He smiled and I smiled back.
Hours flew by fast as we rehearsed the songs together. We sat on the couch and practiced singing together to match pitch and harmony. I knew Soul was good, but to actually hear him up close was just so . . . different . . . His voice was just flat out amazing . . . Looking at him now, he's really built as well. His skin had a light tan to it and his crimson eyes were so . . . Suddenly I just realized what I was thinking about and couldn't believe it. Why would I be thinking of Soul!?
I mean he's a good friend of mine sure, but why do I need to think about him that way? Suddenly I began to feel sleepy and was slowly falling asleep.
Soul's POV
I felt her head hit my shoulder. Ah crap she fell asleep! I was about to move her away from me, but then I got a look at her sleeping face. My heart started to beat faster than usual as I saw her beautiful sleeping face. I realized what was happening and I quickly denied all thoughts about it. No . . . I won't go through that ever again . . . I can't . . . I looked to Maka and saw her now snuggling on my chest and wrapping her arms around me. Suddenly I felt my heart beat faster and my pulse rise. Shit! What the hell am I supposed to do!? I looked at the clock and noticed it was 4 in the morning and I groaned.
I looked to Maka and then just sighed. There was a blanket on the couch which I quickly grabbed and covered Maka and myself. Looks like I won't be sleeping in my room tonight now that's she's got her arms around me. I placed my arm around her shoulder gently. I could feel her breathing on me and I thought yet again, how beautiful she looked. I made my hand into a fist . . . No . . . I can't do this . . . not with her . . . she's different . . . For some reason I just don't want to lose her . . .
